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Campaigns

Advocacy is an essential part of the IHC's efforts to #endhungernow. Read below about some of the IHC's advocacy campaigns.

Farm Bill 2018

IHC's grassroots advocacy was successful in preventing harmful provisions cutting SNAP in the final version of the 2018 Farm Bill, a bipartisan bill passed and signed by the president in December. Read the IHC press release here.

College Hunger Bill

The IHC was an essential part of advocacy surrounding the College Hunger Bill in Illinois, which passed both houses in the Illinois General Assembly and was signed by Governor Rauner in July 2018.

The College Hunger Bill expanded SNAP eligibility for over 40,000 community college students in Illinois. For more information, go to the IHC Resources page.

ABAWD Time Limits and SNAP Employment & Training

In part due to the IHC's successful advocacy efforts, Illinois again applied and was approved for the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents federal time limit waiver for the entire state except DuPage County for 2019.

The federal government has proposed a rule change that would limit the ability of states to apply for waivers in the future, which would devastate the more than 416,000 ABAWDs currently living in Illinois. Read the IHC's press release here.

Fight for 15

As a leading cause of hunger is low wage work, IHC members continue to organize for the Fight for Fifteen campaign with SEIU and other labor and community partners. The campaign seeks to ensure that working people are making living wages in order to end hunger.